Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-02-19
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ny II Is tad, if you have. Listen. b,
tore 4 left llerr, I foulAl at aloarling .hn,e
whsse hs Ind lsnaId.sl, n,sl still owed u dill, 4
trunk Whh.h tho lainllOrl trtaiis1i. Opcning
q, I found ao,,o lcstets and lmpcrs Of yours,
with certain memoranda OF his, which
shrsiSht ought lotle III your POSSESSION. A.
M alkged fripn.l Of hns, ! rcdumed The truli;
stty1MyT1g tho amount OF his bill, and secured
tbe snnsp valuable papcr.n
tsnshw,ler, whose face had grown arcrlcc.
tttally suiru,el v Wils went on. ut last
,eaarssi. .Bnt you got u,c trunk, and baveahe
paprrsf
Unfortunately, no, and u.ats why IL.
bn,l.1
sBn,', eood Cod! what have you done with
theme
.l'velost them somewhere on the Overland
Rad"
Mr.. Gashwilcr sat for . fcw moments
spcechie~. vncillating between . purple rage
and a ,nl,iI fear. Then I've said boan~iy:
'T1iry arc all blank forgeries-every n Of
thenl"'
.Oh. nor said Wiles, smiling hlnndly on
bis dexter side, md enjoying the whole scene
Inadvertently with bis sinister eye. "Your
Papers ara all genuine, aud I won't say arc
not all right. hut unfortunately had in the
same lag ss,n.c memoranda Of my own for
the use Of my client, that, sou understand,
might lc put 10 eome bad use II found by q
clover man."
TIE two rascal looked at each other. Theirs
Is on tho whole really worry little honor
among Aievos-at least great ones-and the
infeiio, rascal succu:nacl at the reflection Of
what ho might do If he were In the other ras.
calsplacc. "sec bore, W1es," hosaid, relaxing
his dignity with the Precipitation that .oo1ed
from every pore, and made the collar of bis
shirt a nero limp ras. @See here, wer-thia
first use Of tho plural was equivalent to . con
teadon-swo must get them papers,"
sOf course, :" said Wiles coolly, aif we can.
andif Thatcher doesn't get wind Of them"
sHo cannot" Fse
aHo was on the coach when I lost them,
coming east"
Mr.. Gashwiler paled again. In tho emer.
gency be had recourse to tho sldeboard and q
bottle, forgetting Wiles. Ten minutes b.
fore Eiles would have remained seated; but
It Is recorded that be rose, took the bottle
from tho gifted Gashwiler's fingers, helped
himself first, and then sat down.
AYES, but, my boy" said Gashwilcr, now
rapidly changing situations with the cooler
Wiles; 4yesi, but, old fellow he addeA, polk
ing W1es witha fat foroflngcr, adon't you SEE
the whole thing will he up before he gets hero. =
ayes, said Wiles gloomily, shut those lazy,
easy, honest men have a way Of popping ur
just at tho nick Of time. They never need
hurry; all things wait for thcm. Why, don't
you remember that on the very day Mrs.
H%opkinson and I and you got the president
to signthat patent, that very day one Of them
d-n fellows turns up from San Francisco
or Australia, having taken hix own time tc
GIT here-gets here about half an hour afte,
the president had signed the patent and sent
It over to the Office, finds the right man te
introduce him to the president, has q tall
with him, makes him sign IN order counter
n,anding its issuance, aud undoes all that ha.
been done In six years in ono hour"
ayes, but congress Is a tribunal that doe.
notrevoke its decrces. " said Gashwiler with 9
return Of lis old manner; ''at least hi
added, Observing an i%ncredulous shrug in thu
shoulder Of his companion, sat least during
tho sssion."
1--WE shall SEQ" said wiles, quietly taking
his hat.
1--WE shall see, sir" said tho member from
Remus with dignity.